The first weekend of every October recognizes National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend. The weekend is timed to coincide with fire-prevention week.
After the Edinburgh Fire Engine Establishment, the first modern fire brigade is formed. Firefighters' Memorial DayFAQs How can I become a firefighter? If you’re 18 or older, you can apply with your local department. After a selection process based on your physical and mental abilities, you ...
The IMET program is one of the longest continually running programs in the National Weather Service. In the 1920s, Leslie Gray, a fire weather forecaster and first IMET, installed a two-way radio on his truck and traveled to the fires, preparing forecasts and briefing fire bosses on the s...
The academy, which also houses the National Fallen Firefighter's Memorial, opened in 1973 to combat a growing number of fatal fires nationwide. At the time, the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control envisioned it to be the "West Point of the Fire Service," according to a repo...
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Matthias A. Wirtz, of North Haven Fire Department, is also on this year’s roll of honor. Firefighter Wirtz suffered a fatal heart attack on December 26, 2022, while on the scene of a fire at a multi-family home. Halstead had served continuously as chief of Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire ...
Perryville Fire Capt. David Barr Jr. and Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Co. firefighter Gene Kirchner were honored on Sunday during the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service. Barr died in 2013 after he was hit by a car while working the scene of an accident in Perryville. Kirchner died in...
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military, police, firefighter and first responder agencies. This two-day spectacular event on Memorial Day Weekend features the Cigarette offshore powerboat racing exhibition, ThunderCats Racing Exhibition, extreme water sports, the FPL Display Village, USA Boxing Exhibition and more, all on the ...
The wife of a wildland firefighter who teaches at the Missouri University of Science and Technology revisited the thorny problem of getting the federal government to make pay raises wildland firefighters received in 2021 permanent before December 20th, when those increases are due to expire. Wildland...